Entering the Nuclear Age, Body by Body – The Nagasaki Experience
Korean and Chinese workers, prisoners of war, and mobilized adults and students had returned to their work sites; some dug or repaired shelters, others piled…
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Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master
Nuclear fusion is what powers the Sun and the stars – unleashing huge amounts of energy through the binding together of light elements such as…
Egypt revives Suez dream amid global trade slump and escalating insurgency
Egypt has revived the Suez Canal on a grand scale with a flourish of patriotic fervour, vowing to reignite world trade almost a century and…
How the Border Security Industry Will Profit Hugely From Climate Change
April 24, at the Defense, National Security, and Climate Change Symposium in Washington, D.C., Brigadier General Stephen Cheney stepped up to the podium to discuss…
We Shell Overcome, Someday
Late this September announced it was shlving its Arctic oil and gas operations off the coast of Alaska – for now. The Arctic is so…
Cutting our carbon emissions to live well within the means of nature
Humanity currently uses the equivalent resources of 1.6 Earths, with carbon sequestration making up more than half of that demand on nature, according to data…
Obama cancels plans for oil leases in the Arctic
The Obama administration is abandoning plans to open the Arctic Ocean to more drilling in the face of dwindling industry interest and massive environmental opposition….
A catalyst for carbon capture and storage
The lack of political direction has been the greatest obstacle to the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage, writes Graeme Sweeney. Dr. Graeme Sweeney is…
Five Projects To Produce Fresh Water From CO2 Storage Sites
The Department of Energy announced the selection of five projects that will study the feasibility of using salty water – or brine – from carbon dioxide…
US-China climate pledge: true or false, good anyway
Three days ago the United States and China pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate and clean energy. Boom. Enthusiasm everywhere. When the US and China…
Refracking is the new fracking
The technique itself is nothing new. Oil crews across the world have been schooled on its simple principles for generations: Identify aging, low-output wells and…
Energy Storage Will Likely Follow Renewable Energy’s Rapid Growth Path
As can be gleaned from recent reports in the popular and trade press, activity is swirling around energy storage systems, highlighted by Tesla’s April 30…
Climate change? Not now, not in the US
Climate change can do more harm to the U.S. economy than to the environment. This is basically what Florida senator Marco Rubio said when replying to…